diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/server/services/package_policy.test.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/server/services/package_policy.test.ts
index 3d0d3b1d06ff9..09f9cf1e0fa11 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/server/services/package_policy.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/server/services/package_policy.test.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import type {
   PostPackagePolicyPostCreateCallback,
   PostPackagePolicyDeleteCallback,
   UpdatePackagePolicy,
+  AssetsMap,
 } from '../types';
 import { createPackagePolicyMock } from '../../common/mocks';
 
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ import type {
   DeletePackagePoliciesResponse,
   PackagePolicyAssetsMap,
   PreconfiguredInputs,
+  ArchiveEntry,
 } from '../../common/types';
 import { packageToPackagePolicy, packageToPackagePolicyInputs } from '../../common/services';
 
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ import {
   _compilePackagePolicyInputs,
   _validateRestrictedFieldsNotModifiedOrThrow,
   _normalizePackagePolicyKuery,
+  _getAssetForTemplatePath,
 } from './package_policy';
 import { appContextService } from '.';
 
@@ -8808,3 +8811,54 @@ describe('_normalizePackagePolicyKuery', () => {
     expect(res).toEqual('ingest-package-policies.attributes.name:test');
   });
 });
+
+describe('_getAssetForTemplatePath()', () => {
+  it('should return the asset for the given template path', () => {
+    const pkgInfo: PackageInfo = {
+      name: 'test_package',
+      version: '1.0.0',
+      type: 'integration',
+    } as any;
+    const datasetPath = 'test_data_stream';
+    const templatePath = 'log.yml.hbs';
+    const assetsMap: AssetsMap = new Map();
+    assetsMap.set(
+      `test_package-1.0.0/data_stream/${datasetPath}/agent/stream/syslog.yml.hbs`,
+      Buffer.from('wrong match asset')
+    );
+    assetsMap.set(
+      `test_package-1.0.0/data_stream/${datasetPath}/agent/stream/log.yml.hbs`,
+      Buffer.from('exact match asset')
+    );
+
+    const expectedAsset: ArchiveEntry = {
+      path: 'test_package-1.0.0/data_stream/test_data_stream/agent/stream/log.yml.hbs',
+      buffer: Buffer.from('exact match asset'),
+    };
+    const asset = _getAssetForTemplatePath(pkgInfo, assetsMap, datasetPath, templatePath);
+    expect(asset).toEqual(expectedAsset);
+  });
+  it('should return fallback asset it exact match is not found', () => {
+    // representing the scenario where the templatePath has the default value 'stream.yml.hbs'
+    // but the actual asset uses a prefixed name like 'filestream.yml.hbs'
+    const pkgInfo: PackageInfo = {
+      name: 'test_package',
+      version: '1.0.0',
+      type: 'integration',
+    } as any;
+    const datasetPath = 'test_data_stream';
+    const templatePath = 'stream.yml.hbs';
+    const assetsMap: AssetsMap = new Map();
+    assetsMap.set(
+      `test_package-1.0.0/data_stream/${datasetPath}/agent/stream/filestream.yml.hbs`,
+      Buffer.from('ends with match asset')
+    );
+
+    const expectedFallbackAsset: ArchiveEntry = {
+      path: 'test_package-1.0.0/data_stream/test_data_stream/agent/stream/filestream.yml.hbs',
+      buffer: Buffer.from('ends with match asset'),
+    };
+    const asset = _getAssetForTemplatePath(pkgInfo, assetsMap, datasetPath, templatePath);
+    expect(asset).toEqual(expectedFallbackAsset);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/server/services/package_policy.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/server/services/package_policy.ts
index b85cfcec13ac0..643032b599f2e 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/server/services/package_policy.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/fleet/server/services/package_policy.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ import type {
   CloudConnectorSecretVar,
   AwsCloudConnectorVars,
   PackagePolicyConfigRecord,
+  ArchiveEntry,
 } from '../../common/types';
 import {
   FleetError,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ import type {
   PostPackagePolicyCreateCallback,
   PostPackagePolicyPostCreateCallback,
   PutPackagePolicyPostUpdateCallback,
+  AssetsMap,
 } from '../types';
 import type { ExternalCallback } from '..';
 
@@ -3287,6 +3289,32 @@ export function _applyIndexPrivileges(
   return streamOut;
 }
 
+export function _getAssetForTemplatePath(
+  pkgInfo: PackageInfo,
+  assetsMap: AssetsMap,
+  datasetPath: string,
+  templatePath: string
+): ArchiveEntry {
+  const assets = getAssetsDataFromAssetsMap(
+    pkgInfo,
+    assetsMap,
+    (path: string) => path.endsWith(`/agent/stream/${templatePath}`),
+    datasetPath
+  );
+  if (assets.length === 1) {
+    return assets[0];
+  }
+
+  // fallback to old path structure for backward compatibility
+  const [fallbackPkgStreamTemplate] = getAssetsDataFromAssetsMap(
+    pkgInfo,
+    assetsMap,
+    (path: string) => path.endsWith(templatePath),
+    datasetPath
+  );
+  return fallbackPkgStreamTemplate;
+}
+
 function _compilePackageStream(
   pkgInfo: PackageInfo,
   vars: PackagePolicy['vars'],
@@ -3334,11 +3362,11 @@ function _compilePackageStream(
 
   const datasetPath = packageDataStream.path;
 
-  const [pkgStreamTemplate] = getAssetsDataFromAssetsMap(
+  const pkgStreamTemplate = _getAssetForTemplatePath(
     pkgInfo,
     assetsMap,
-    (path: string) => path.endsWith(streamFromPkg.template_path),
-    datasetPath
+    datasetPath,
+    streamFromPkg.template_path
   );
 
   if (!pkgStreamTemplate || !pkgStreamTemplate.buffer) {